Vlad the Impaler - War in the Dark - European History - Extra History - Part 4
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Vlad the Impaler may have cemented the throne for a little while but the Ottoman Empire was very keen on ousting him and replacing him with Radu the Handsome. And it seemed like all of his neighbors were either apathetic or working with the Ottomans. But he is not going to go quietly...
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"I IMPALED THE OTTOMEN, THE OTTOWOMEN AND THE OTTOCHILDREN TOO!"
-vlad definitely
This whole thing could have epic rap of history references! 😂
Sad!😥
Extra history out of context
definitely not, people were not pussies about over-inclusivity back then, you could actually use words without offending 75% of the population.
I wish I could like this many more times than once
Random Ottoman soldier number 56: "Hey, look at those funny trees... Wait a second, those aren't trees..."
"I felt a great disturbance in the force, as if 20,000 people had had staves rammed up their backsides, sans lube..."
When the trees start bleeding Wallachian
"Must have been the wind"
**when the trees start speaking Romanian and also start raining blood**
@@rosiehawtrey he used lube, only lube and gravity. Yes they where alive when put on the stick, yes Vlad the Impaler was sadistic (a give away at that point)
I like the idea of someone recognizing Vlad when he goes undercover
"Hey, wait a minute, aren't you that hostage son of Vlad I met a few years ago?"
"Ha! I wish! I hear he's really handsome..."
"No, no, I meant the other one..."
"IMPALE HIM"
Vlad: *stares*
Random dude: You know what, never mind
breaking news: Soldier found empaled on camp outskirts
"you're probably thinking of a different Vlad I get that all the time"
This outraged vlad who punished him severely
Love how all the modern nationalists in the Balkans are like "we always opposed the Ottomans at all times, gloriously" whereas actually every country sided with them at one point or another.
I would have sided with the ottomans, have you seen those cool hats!
Sure, "at all times" might be an exageration, but it's still true that we opposed the ottomans for a long period of time. Because unlike a superpower that can just make a peace treaty after a stalemate or minor defeat (losing 1 battle doesn't mean you lost the entire country), a weaker power could only accept defeat and side with them since you want to live to fight another day (losing 1 battle is game over)
Silver or Gunpowder
I like that the balkan countries hate each other but they often hate the Albanians more. Just because they are Muslim.
@@MilloSpiegel Bosnians ?
Can we just talk about how much Extra Credits horses have changed? They've gone from okay, to cute to just plain cool!
Genghist Khan horses vs Vlad Horses is all you need to say
Horses are horses
They used to be two beans on tentpoles lol
damn, i just noticed
So many changes
I love how in the roller-coaster of Vlad III being mid-war, fleeing, imprisoned, in exile or begging, he is still drawn as being so frickin' intense.
I'm enjoying every darn second of this long-awaited series. Stellar job.
He's got my all-time favorite eyebrows in the entire EC/EH library.
19 hours ago
Video released 13 minutes ago
Big eyebrows man
By all accounts, he was a man without middle gears.
I have a question: are you romanian? ( I am by the way, mă cheamă Marian)
I ask this because I am very curious about how popular and long waited is a Vlad the Impaler series outside his romanian fans.
Suddenly realizing how strikingly similar Vlad's story is to (an omega messed-up version of) The Hero's Journey. Grew up as a hostage before committing to revenge, dodging Hunyadi between military training sessions, falling from grace and getting exiled, returning to the throne...
Oh god.
That is why his history is so appealing, well that and a morbid fascination for the gore.
Imagine your life being a real Life "The Hero's journey"
@@silverhawkscape2677 i mean, joan of arc was basically an RPG protagonist
Not many heroes end up dead the way Vlad did, though, but real life never goes exactly the way we prefer!
Stephen the great and Mathias Corvinus deserve a series of their own respectively.
Fun fact: Those 2 are mentioned in the national anthem.
@@MC-wy9rv Incorrect, Matthias Corvinus is not mentioned in the anthem, HIS FATHER IS, John Hunyadi/Corvinus, who was the son of a Romanian noble.
@@wallachia4797 so Matthias Corvinus granddad was a Romanian.
@@dogeofgreatness2222 Yes, his grandfather but not Matthias Corvinus himself, he was King of Hungary and Hungarian by all means.
It's just an interesting piece of trivia which we through deserved being mentioned in our anthem.
@@wallachia4797 I definetly don't want to folow any nationalistic agenda neither Hungarian or Romanian but is funny how the same Romanian and Hungarian keyboard warriors who fight over translyvania forget how interconnected their histories have been. It's the equivalent of Turks and Greeks denying shared heritage.
I think Mathias Corvinus definitely deserves his own series. He was one of the most influential Hungarian kings. He brought the Renaissance to Hungary and was supposedly very fair and did a lot for the Hungarian people. He is sort of a mythical person also. In Hungary they have a particular genre of folktales just about his escapades.
Not to forget his Romanian blood on his father's side...
Here Vlad goes killing again
Oh boy...
Based
Vlad killing again? Today must be a day ending in "Y..."
7:12 with Vlad being Bram Stoker's inspiration for Dracula, could this be the moment where the "vampires can't enter without an invitation" thing comes from.
Stephen becomes an ottoman ally.
Vlad: bruh.
Weren't you paying attention? They're cousins! :p
Stephen hated the Ottomans as much as Vlad did(well maybe not that much, but close). He only wanted to capture the fortress of Chilia in order to defend against the Ottomans in his future campaign against them. He is actually the most popular and beloved Romanian historical figure over here.
Stephen didn't become an ally of the Ottomans, his predecessor did. This video is a bit inaccurate.
@@wallachia4797 He was an Ottoman vassal and paid tribute, hence no inaccuracy in this regards. He even accepted to pay a higher tribute after getting Chilia.
@Anhedon and what?
1:40
That's not entirely accurate. Moldavia was an Ottoman vassal since the reign of Petru Aron (Stephen's predecessor) and his turning against Vlad was more to get the fortress of Chilia back (from which much of the Danube Delta was controlled) then a want to collaborate with the Turks.
Edit: For those interested, there's a second correction in the replies.
Thanks for the correction.
I imagine that they will cover this in their lies episode following this story.
Man, Vlad's family was really something, between a traitorous brother and his rocky relationship with his cousin. Not to mention all the other distant relatives who wanted the throne.
I don't know about other countries, but in Romania relationships between cousins are close. I'm just imagining his talks with Ștefan.
This is like so interesting cause kings and prince promised to do acrusade agaisnt the ottomans but didnt and insted arrested the only one wiling to fight the ottomans
To be fair getting arrested probably saved Vlad's life for a while. He was given an estate and lived life fairly well after just a few months.
And this is why in the bram staker novel the inciting incident is him being betrayed by the church/ god
And then turning to the dark side
@@polasamierwahsh421 Based on his notes, Bram Stoker's Dracula probably wasn't based on the historical figure, he just thought the name was kinda dope.
Many crusade before only ended in disaster
"You did not have--"
*Crazy eyes intensify*
*Pulls out the offending captain's head*
"--an invitation."
Imagine forests of corpses, dripping on a buffet, you call that a nightmare? I call that a Tuesday...
Vlad draculaaa, spawn of the devillll. Dipping my bread in your weeping blood vessels
A man of culture I see
Extra Credits, could you look at Stephen the Great as well? Vlad the Impaler's cousin from Moldavia. They were cousins and polar opposites. While Vlad the Impaler had dark tendencies, Stephen the Great was a faithful man and for every victory he would build a church in the name of God. He ruled Moldavia for 47 years in a time when the average ruler lasted 1-2 years, at different points he was at war with every neighbour: Hungary, Poland, Tatars, Wallachians and Ottomans. He had 44 victories out of 46 battles, his only defeats at the hand of the Ottomans.
he built churches but he wasn't a faithfull person. Also he had the same tendencies like Vlad just he didn't go the the groosome extent that Vlad went.
I was in a discussion with a Romanian once: Is there a difference between Moldavia and Moldova? In the eyes of the UN the second is a sovereign nation, but (some) Romanians believe Moldavia and Moldova are one and the same and both rigthfully part of Romania.
@@Mikebumpful Romanian here. The idea behind the Republic of Moldova and Moldavia is that at one point they were the same thing. The only reason there is a Republic of Moldova is because of the USSR annexation during WW2. There are people from both Romania and Moldova that want to unite, but there are a lot of complications. Culturally, while Moldova has a stronger slavic influence (cause again, USSR and the deportations), they are very very similar to us to the point of almost being the same exact thing. It's kind of like saying that Transylvania is Romanian despite the Hungarian influence during it's occupation
@@vampdude5696 Thank you for your input! Wikipedia says Moldova is demographically 75% Moldovian and 7% Romanian and about 18% people originating in other former USSR countries. What you’re saying is that the ethnic Moldovians culturally have more in common with Romanians than the other ethnic groups?
@@Mikebumpful what is currently called moldovians, in the majority of romanian eyes, are also romanian. Just separated because of the ussr. So yes Moldovia has more similarities with romania than any other country
Americans: walk until the trees speak Vietnamese
Russians: walk until the trees speak Finnish
Turks: walk until the trees aren’t speaking anymore
I didn't get the Russians one
Plzz explain🙏🙏🙏
@@clashofchampsoo2697 the winter war
Wasn’t expecting Vlad to have some Assassin class qualifications
Dont give ubisoft ideas
@Blaze-xe8cl I think they're referring to the Fate Series. Though I do agree with not giving Ubisoft any ideas.
It would be so funny to start the next one with vlad tepes from Castlevania story about becoming a vampire before stopping and saying "wait no this is for a future video on Vlad's cultural impact on the world."
Matthius Cromquist was a historical figure, neat, I just thought he was Dracula's name before he turned into the king of vampires in Castlevania lament of innocence.
Are you confusing him with Matthias Corvinus, the king of Hungary mentioned in the video?
Cromquist is based loosely on both Corvinus and Vlad III, along with a lot of folklore and completely new story. I wouldn't call him a "historical figure" any more than Godzilla is a "historical figure", but both are fictional monsters using something that happened in history and adding in a ton of fiction on top.
@@Merennulli ... good point, better to say I'm surprised he was loosely based on a real person.
Wallachian Mission Number 2: Impale the Sultan
You should make a video about Skanderbeg too
Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg would be really amazing! I hope they do Skanderbeg in the future
I really hope they do him, i think he is one of the most underrated generals in history. Imo more people should learn about him
I love how an important figure amongst all these players is just named "Stephen."
Really puts into perspective how common names today became so common, and how that modern perspective affects the way we look at the past.
That dude that's "just named "Stephen" is also know as Stephen the Great and Holy.
He's one of the 5-ish historical figures of romania.
Well, his name was Stefan, but he is known as Stephen in the English speaking world.
You could say, Vlad was Outgunned, Outmanned, Outnumbered, Outplanned until the end when he was just outgunned, outmanned and outnumbered.
Matthias "Corvinus" Hunyadi was the son of John Hunyadi from few episodes before.
Do you think that the Ottomans were extra terrified of the impaled corpses since (based on their shadows) they had grown strange columns of flesh linking their torsos to their hands?
Mathias Corvinus deserves an own episode of Extra History, he is so awesome yet so underrepresented
Some historians say Radu and Mehmed were really, really good friends........
:D :D :D
yep!!
why do you think that Radu was nicknamed **the Handsome**??
certainly not for his looks, but rather for his **good friendship** with Mehmet !
:D :D :D
like.... sharing the pillow at night
:D :D :D
Hmmmm... Interesting
They were roommates.
@@Trexmaster12 OMG they were roommates!
There's a reason he got the title "the handsome"
Although my country was never under Hungarian rule, Mathias Corvinus is a local legend known as kralj Matjaz (king mathias) i live near a mountain where a legend says that Corvinus is sleeping with his army around a stone table and the legend says that when his beard will come around the table 9 times he and his army will awake and once again bring prosperity and gold times to our lands
X:"damn, my pet is terrible sometimes"
Mathias Corvinus:" ugh, mine too"
X:"mine always barks to the mailman, your too?"
Mathias Corvinus:"no, he impales the mailman".
Everybody was a gangsta till the trees speak Wallachian
Vlad III - Literally fighting with sticks and harsh language.
Really wish this was lined up for Halloween
I hope we got the Salem Trials for Halloween in Extra History.
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What kind of rollercoaster ride of life and action is this!?
If Hungary had helped they could have potentially destroyed Ottoman hegemony in Balkans. Vlad's knowledge of Ottoman warfare,tactics and his cruelty along with Hungarian support could have permanently crippled Ottoman expansion into Europe, maybe even kick them out of the Balkans. This unwillingness to help would cost them when 70 years later Sultan Suleiman would come and end the Kingdom of Hungary after which Hungary would not gain its independence untill after ww1.
many in history sow the seeds of their own destruction
Matthias had himself trouble home with the nobility, and this dream of kicking out the Ottomans was very much a fantasy. Matthias himself tried to organize a pushback when he finally put down his biggest rivals and various rebellions, but that plan went up in smoke due to being unable to get the Serbians on board. Hungary being catholic, while all of its southern and eastern neighbors being orthodox, with the usual politics simply created too much a wedge between them to ever create a successful coalition against the ottomans.
One of my favourite series if extra credit so far
4:53 animated scenes in extra history are rare and epic at the same time
Walachia sounds like the south Eastern European equivalent to Poland, a small country surrounded by bigger powers in a constant state of being screwed over.
Except hilariously no one actually wanted the land. They all just wanted a puppet state that could act as a buffer for them. Honestly a worse state than Poland given their job was just to die over and over as a meat shield for other countries.
At least poland managed to be a great power at some point, not just a speedbump between central and eastern Europe for every army of the region
More like benelux maybe?
But very unlike both: poor mountainous, small and really not worthwile to occupy initself, just a gateway to more valuable lands.
@@andersbjrnsen7203 Benelux being not valuable ?
The lowlands were some of the richest lands in Europe, Wallachia was a couple of farms with some forts.
Poland has only been a small meatshield country in the last two centuries. Historically, Germany and Italy were the traditional meatshields, whereas Poland was the superpower of Eastern Europe.
Huh, that makes you think how much would the course of history change if the Sultan was in the tent that Vlad opened
Anybody else notice the “EEENK”at the beginning?😂
I know this is an old tfs quote but i think it truly fits the historical vlad tepes.
“You lay upon ze blood-soaked dirt of your ruined land. Castles plundered... dominions in ruin... servants destroyed - all to end ze hellfire wis which you sought to cover ze world. A bloody conquest having consumed hundreds of thousands, countless villages razed to ze ground, and over 20,000 impaled and prostrated by you and you alone to strike horror into the hearts of mortal men! Vhat say you, monster, demon, devil conceived by the bleakest womb?! WHAT SAY YOU NOW?!” -tfs Van Helsing.
"The Aristocrats"
@@CarbonMage *agressive stabbing*
"Ottoman raider before beheading the Impaler"
Awesome!! Been waiting for this all day! Loving this series
Vlad be using his many noble Fantasms
2:57
Run, you fools! The Dragon has awakened!
I can't wait for the last chapter of this!! So interesting this series!
I really got to look back at the primary sources of Vlad was given quite title both by Ottoman and Hungarian for this situation. It's actual primary title that English translation into prince mean Voivode..warlord.
Any another Civ 6 fans get excited when Mattias Corvinus showed up?
Thanks for putting this. It teaches me history
Ah yes the usual Hungarian - Romanian relationship:
Romanians: *Fighting the Ottomans with a stones and some sharp sticks* Hungary where TF are you, you promised you'll bring the armies a month ago!
Hungarians: Ah awful sorry mate just done banging my cousin and taking money from the pope to fight the Ottomans.
Romanians: So now that you've done that you'll help right?!
Hungarians: Yep. *Stabs the Romanians in the back to put their new pretender on the throne just to get whooped by the Ottomans*
History: *THE HUNGARIANS SAVED EUROPE FROM THE OTTOMAN MENACE*
Romanians, Serbs, Greeks, Albanians and everyone else ACTUALLY fighting the Ottomans: And you wonder why we hate you guys right?
XDXDXDXDXDXD
And we croats.
@@borisborkovic8894 Yep, as I said "everyone else ACTUALLY fighting the Ottomans" cuz to be honest there are a lot of people that historians liked to brush under the rug.
@@AwayWithYouVileBeggar ok
Ah yes the usual Austrian - Hungarian relationship:
Hungarians: Fighting the Ottomans with a stones and some sharp sticks Austria where TF are you, you promised you'll bring the armies a month ago!
Austrians: Ah awful sorry mate just done banging my cousin and taking money from the pope to fight the Ottomans.
Hungarians: So now that you've done that you'll help right?!
Austrians: Yep. Stabs the Hungarians in the back to put themselves on the throne just to get whooped by the Ottomans
History: THE AUSTRIANS SAVED EUROPE FROM THE OTTOMAN MENACE
You know this works perfectly with so many nations xd
YES! Another episode of my favorite series!
I counted; I have watched 72 of your videos in less than 5 days. My god you guys are incredible, thank you so much!
Wow, thank you! That's one heck of a binge! ❤
You guys are the Best - Thanks!!!
Nice series!
By the way, I'd love if someday you talk about other topics of the history of east-central Europe, like Matthias Corvinus, the succession crisis in Hungary and the HRE in the 1440's, the Jagiellon dynasty, etc.
Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Anyone else revisiting this Extra History series since the new Rise of Empires: Ottoman season released on Netflix?
I just watched Castlevania and so many of these names are flashing me back to the show
Thank you for the video.
Vlad is such an interesting anti-hero.
He isn't an anti hero he's a villainous protagonist
@@TheShtamer Ya good mate you've been typing 23 messages that mean nothing in any language
I think anti villain would be a more accurate term.
@AshhadASLAM DAHRI Mehmet is the antagonist but he's a more heroic antagonist.
Im romanian and yes, i do consider him a hero, due to him the Ottomans wouldn't cross thorugh wallachia or hungary and into more of central europe.
So I got a soap ad that ended with "so you can be" and went to the video with him saying "a rebel, and an oppressor"
Hunyadi and matthias corvinus should get their own series!
You guys should turn these into podcasts they’re just so great to listen to
i like how at the beginning the ink jar says “Eeenk” probably mocking someone saying “ink” weirdly at their studio lol
Oh man, a follow up series on Mehmed II would be sweet as heck
Very epic
Hey thanks for the video my doods
The EEEnk at the start was very much appreciated
00:27 "they will come with evil intentions" Vlad the *impaler* said without a hint of irony
"The sultan was seized with amazement and said that it was not possible to deprive of his country a man who had done such great deeds, who had such a diabolical understanding of how to govern his realm and its people. "
Why you skipped this?
This series about Vlad III is awesome !
Still waiting for a series on Stephen the Great and the Holy
Part four yey
Now I realize why Dracula is called lord of Wallachia in castlevania sotn
I watched the 3rd part before and wondered when they will upload the next one till this popped up
This is my favorite extra history set.
Vlad juggling between allies and vice versa is a good example of relativity
They say his head was displayed at the Sublime Porte
In case anybody cares Matthias Corvinus was the son of John Hunyadi. He's name is actually Matthias Hunyadi, he was renamed after his herald animal, the raven (latin: corvus). He was the smaller of two sons, the older one was decapitated by the prievous king who was afraid the popular Hunyadi's sons would dethrone him. The angry people gathered on the frozen Denube demanding Matthias to be crowned king, which thanks to the the pressure of the crowd has happened, that's why he was called, among other things, the King elected on ice.
He is also a Hungarian culture hero, also called Righteous Matthias (which he wasn't necesseraly but still one of the best). According to the fables he frequently dressed up as a poor beggar, and wandered around the country to see the people's true colours, and when he me inequality, cruelty or injustice, he later returned as king to set things right. This probably never happened, but we have hundreds of such fables, which shows people's view on him.
Nicely Explained
Leeeets gooo!!! Love it!
Vlad with his little lion backpack on a leash is adorable lol. Thank you.
Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you friends. :)
special episode or series on Stephen the great?
How about a video of Skenderbeu the Hero of Albania !Would be Fun !
Great Animation
I knew staying on the channel page long enough will be worth it
What do you mean, cartoons on the internet are some of the most trustworthy people I know?!
This dude almost killed Mehmed II, conqueror of Constantinopole!
I fell so proud of being an Romanian
las ca-ti trece !!
daca zic PSD, iti trece repede!!
:D :D :D
bine, eu unul nu votez cu PSD
si oricum Romania are un drum lung de parcurs pana sa devina o tara civilizata 100%
poate peste 100 de ani va ajunge la nivelul Olandei de azi.....
@@george-luciancasu1540 Mai ho ba spasticule, ce legatura are politica de azi cu istoria? Incearca sa te bucuri de viata 3 secunde fara politica.
@@999mi999 ii dadeam o replica aluia care e.... atat de mandru ca e roman!
zici ca se crede Victor Ponta in campania aia electorala impotriva lui Iohannis.
eu unul sunt de parere ca trebuie sa te mandresti cu propriile realizari, nu cu faptul ca apartii unei natiuni care ..... din pacate inca se mai zbate in negura ideologiei nationaliste (vezi alegerile din 2020, o rusine pentru democratie in Romania)
istoria este frumoasa, dar nu este meritul nostru
nu este nici meritul nostru daca ne nastem in Romania sau altundeva
meritele noastre incep de acolo de unde facem alegeri personale si eforturi reale pentru a schimba ceva in lumea asta
cu faptele noastre trebuie sa ne mandrim, nu cu ceea ce au facut stramosii nostri
I don't remember this part in history, but I do remember Vlad engaged in a glorious combat with Karna, the Sun God
"Now in his mid-40's" THIS MAN ISNT EVEN 50 YET???!
How ironic that the vampire needing an invitation to enter a home came from a vampire needing an invitation to enter his home
yes
Why didnt yall mention that Matthias was the son of John Hunyadi? and one of the most educated rulers in Europe at the time!
And no mention of Vlad's marriage to the sister of Matthias?
@@margaretcarter6483 Also no mention of how vlad was sexually abused in the ottoman court or how Radu was "roommates" with Mehmet.
also how John was actually a Vlah and his son half Hungarian half Vlah
@@margaretcarter6483 Justina Szilagyi was his cousin. Matthias only had a brother, Ladislau, who died in his early twenties
Those dimple eyes are amazing.
8:13, do they mean an "Ottoman army"
PANR has tuned in.
Thanks!
Thanks so much Jacob!
#Extracredits please make a video on Marathas too and the great 3rd war of panipath , it would be twist and fun !
Yes series
Fun fact: there are sea bunnies
yes
I just saw you in another video, still not sure which one